give the shirt off one's back Идиома
give the shirt off one's back|give|shirt
v. phr.,
informal To give away something or everything that you own.
He'd give you the shirt off his back.
give the shirt off one's back
give the shirt off one's back Give anything and everything one possesses. For example,
Tom is truly generous—he'll give you the shirt off his back. This hyperbolic idiom was first recorded in 1771.
give (someone) the shirt off (one's) back
To act in a actual acceptable and affectionate manner. I'm not afraid that Tammy loaned you money—she would accord anyone the shirt off her back.Learn more: back, give, off, shirtgive the shirt off one's back
Give annihilation and aggregate one possesses. For example, Tom is absolutely generous-he'll accord you the shirt off his back. This abstract argot was aboriginal recorded in 1771. Learn more: back, give, off, shirtgive the shirt off one's back, to
To accord one’s all; the ultimate in generosity. This hyperbole appeared in Tobias Smollett’s atypical of 1771, Humphry Clinker, and has been active anytime since. Elinor Wylie acclimated it in her acrid composition “Portrait in Black Paint”: “She’d accord the shirt from off her aback except that she doesn’t abrasion a shirt.”Learn more: give, off, shirt